Geolocation
Airwars assessment
In an incident which may relate to incident CI143 – or was unknown to Airwars – the Coalition announced in January 2017 that it was investigating a possible civilian casualty event near Manbij almost 14 months earlier.
According to the statement “five reports of civilian casualties received in November are still being assessed… Sept. 20, 2015, near Mosul, Iraq.”
Awaiting further details.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Mosul (الموصل), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.34585235, 43.09857692. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (1) [ collapse]
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Original strike reports
For July 20th-21st, the Coalition reported that “Near Manbij, five strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed seven ISIL fighting positions.”